Derrick Rose Trial Raises Issue of Consent In Sex Cases

No one disputes that New York Knicks player Derrick Rose and his friends had sex with an ex-girlfriend in her apartment in 2013. The question in a $21 million civil case on trial in Los Angeles is whether she gave her consent — as the men claim — or whether she was too incapacitated to do so — as she insists, the Associated Press Want to read more? Please subscribe to The Crime Report!

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The Sentencing Project released a report Wednesday assailing the grievous lack of medical treatment for addiction in prisons and jails, hours before the newly appointed Bureau of Prisons director was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives.

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